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Take a
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Lincoln
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C
hinook Winds Casino Resort will give give Oregon
Coast trivia buffs the chance to vie for TV stardom
when it hosts the “Wheel of Fortune” Wheelmobile
this weekend.
The Wheelmobile gives “Wheel of Fortune” fans the
opportunity to show off their personality and puzzle-
solving skills and be evaluated to move forward in the
contestant audition process.
“Every year, ‘Wheel of Fortune’ receives over 1 million
inquiries from viewers who want to be contestants,” said
Executive Producer Harry Friedman. “The Wheelmobile
was created to give people all over the country an
opportunity to realize that dream.”
In fact, most contestants who appear on “Wheel of
Fortune” are discovered at Wheelmobile events in their
hometowns.
Would-be contestants will need to fill out an application
for the chance to have their name drawn at random to
tryout on stage. Everyone who participates on stage will
receive a prize. Those who submit an application and are
not called up on stage can still be selected at random to be
invited to a future final round of auditions when the show’s
contestant producers return to the area.
The open auditions will take place at noon, 1:30 and
3 pm on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 and 15, at the
Chinook Winds Casino Resort.
The event will be held inside the Chinook Winds
Showroom and the applications to audition will be
distributed in the tented outdoor space located adjacent to
the showroom.
Sun sets on Summer Celebration
Ellen Saunders
Newport’s Nye Beach Summer
Celebration will hold its grand finale this
Saturday, Sept. 14, on the outdoor theater
stage at Café Mundo, with Portland
musician Ellen Saunders joining the
lineup.
Saunders is facilitator of the Columbia
River Flute Circle and teaches world flutes
and guitar at her studio west of Portland.
She will perform alongside the Thunder &
Lightness World Beat Ensemble, featuring
Terry Filer on the Native American flutes,
and Chandler Davis of the Newport Drum
Circle.
Filer is an enrolled member of the
Osage Nation, teaches Native American
flute and facilitates flute and drum circles
in McMinnville, and performs frequently
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throughout Oregon, both solo and with her
own Sisters of the Osage flute ensemble.
Thunder & Lightness has been
presenting high-energy multicultural
traditional and indigenous rhythm and
song in the Newport area for more than a
decade.
The event will run from noon to 3 pm,
rain or shine, at Café Mundo, 209 NW
Coast Street. The all-ages community
event, has an atmosphere that has been
likened to that of a big neighborhood
block party. Dancing is encouraged and
light percussion is available for those who
want to join in.
For more information, contact Davis at
541-272-4615 or chandler@chandlerdavis.
com.
Fund-raising
fashion
Tickets are now on sale for a
fund-raising fashion show and lunch,
set to take place on Sunday, Oct. 6, at
the Lincoln City Community Center.
Running from 2 to 4 pm, the
fun event will showcase a range of
fabulous outfits, accompanied by
lunch, including salad and dessert for
$10.
Proceeds benefit the Christmas
basket program, which delivers gifts
to needy families in the Lincoln City
area.
Only 40 seats are available.
To reserve a spot, call Loene at
541-264-0348.